Salmon, Merrilee H.

Introduction to logic and critical thinking / Merrilee H. Salmon. - 5th ed. - Belmont, CA : Thomson Wadsworth, c2007. - xv, 492 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-433) and index.

Introduction to arguments -- Paying special attention to the language of arguments -- Deductive arguments, inductive arguments, and fallacies -- A closer look at inductive arguments -- Causal arguments -- Probilities and inductive logic -- Confirmation of hypotheses -- Deductive reasoning, sentential logic -- Categorical syllogisms -- Arguments in which validity depends on relationships -- Proof method for truth-functional logic -- Index of fallacies.

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Logic.
Reasoning.

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